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===Proctor & Gamble/Iams ===For 10 months in 2002 and 2003, [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA) conducted an undercover investigation at [[Sinclair Research Center]], a contract laboratory breeds miniature swine for Iams pet fooduse in laboratories. The investigation found dogs who had gone crazy from intense confinement They operate two miniature ''swine production facilities'' in barren steel cages Columbia, Missouri and cement cellsWindham, Maine. Sick dogs and cats were left According to languish in their cages without veterinary care; including dogs who had had chunks its website, the ''state-of-the-art'' Missouri facility is ''environmentally friendly'' with computerized fresh air ventilation which recovers 80% of muscle hacked the energy from their thighsexhaust. Dogs had also been surgically debarked. The [[U.S. Department new facility is tailored specifically for the special needs of Agriculture]] (USDA) found miniature swine, based on 40 violations years of the Animal Welfare Act; <ref>Uswine production experience.S. Department of Agriculture [http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/usdaleg1.htm Animal Welfare Act This includes an ''integrated socialization and Regulations]enrichment program'' which emphasizes daily human contact, routine treats, toys, visual contact with adjacent pens, August 2003</ref> including failure elimination of nose to provide veterinary carenose contact in young animals and maintaining established social hierarchies. Therefore, pain reliefstress associated with weaning, adequate space and proper trainingregrouping are greatly minimized. Sinclair Research Center paid a penalty of $33Animal flow is tightly controlled,000animal and people friendly. <ref>USDA Report Sinclair [http://www.iamscrueltysinclairresearch.com/pdfssinclair_production_site/USDA_Sinclair_Labs1index.pdf htm Animal Models and Bioproducts: Sinclair Research Center], October 2006</ref>, <ref>People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals [http://www.iamscruelty.com/ Animals Still Suffer at IamsMiniature Swine Production], accessed January May 2009</ref>
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For links to copies of this facility's [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]] (USDA) reports indicating species, number of animals used and other information visit [http://www.all-creatures.org/saen/res-fr.html Stop Animal Experimentation Now Facility Reports and Information], U.S. Department of Agriculture-Animal Plant Health Inspection reports. This Web site lists each of the 50 states; each state's name links to biomedical research facilities in that state, and to PDF copies of government documents where the facilities must report their animal usage.
==Animal cruelty & welfare violationsMiniature swine breeding==
===Iams agrees to sever ties with Sinclair=Animal cruelty & welfare violations==After intense pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and its supporters, Iams, agreed to sever its ties with Sinclair Research Center and end invasive and terminal experiments on dogs and cats. Iams also agreed to begin conducting in-home tests for food and nutrition experiments. <ref>PETA.org [http://www.iamscruelty.com/introduction.asp Animals Still Suffer at Iams], Iamscruelty.com, accessed February 2009</ref> See also [[Proctor & Gamble]], section 7.
==Miniature swine breeding= Iams pet products & animal cruelty/welfare violations === For 10 months in 2002 and 2003, [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA) conducted an undercover investigation at [[Sinclair breeds miniature swine Research Center]], a contract laboratory for use in laboratoriesIams pet food. They operate two miniature ''swine production facilities'' The investigation found dogs who had gone crazy from intense confinement in Columbia, Missouri barren steel cages and Windham, Mainecement cells. According Sick dogs and cats were left to its website, the ''state-of-the-art'' Missouri facility is ''environmentally friendly'' with computerized fresh air ventilation which recovers 80% languish in their cages without veterinary care; including dogs who had had chunks of the energy muscle hacked from exhausttheir thighs. Dogs had also been surgically debarked. The new facility is tailored specifically for the special needs U.S. Department of miniature swine, based on Agriculture found 40 years violations of swine production experiencethe Animal Welfare Act; <ref>U.S. Department of Agriculture [http://www. This includes an ''integrated socialization nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/usdaleg1.htm Animal Welfare Act and enrichment program'' which emphasizes daily human contactRegulations], routine treats, toys, visual contact with adjacent pens, elimination of nose August 2003</ref> including failure to nose contact in young animals and maintaining established social hierarchies. Thereforeprovide veterinary care, stress associated with weaningpain relief, adequate space and regrouping are greatly minimizedproper training. Animal flow is tightly controlledSinclair Research Center paid a penalty of $33, animal and people friendly000. <ref>Sinclair USDA Report [http://www.sinclairresearchiamscruelty.com/sinclair_production_sitepdfs/indexUSDA_Sinclair_Labs1.htm Animal Models and Bioproductspdf Sinclair Research Center], October 2006</ref>, <ref>People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals [http: Sinclair Miniature Swine Production//www.iamscruelty.com/ Animals Still Suffer at Iams], accessed May January 2009</ref>After intense pressure from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and its supporters, Iams agreed to sever its ties with Sinclair Research Center and end invasive and terminal experiments on dogs and cats. See also [[Proctor & Gamble]], section 7.
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